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Identity & humanity are non-negotiable.
No Doomers. No deflections. No excuses.
AMPLIFY
UNIFY
#regnatpopulus
#ARpx #democracy
"We come in the age's most uncertain hour." Paul Simon
Identity & humanity are non-negotiable.
No Doomers. No deflections. No excuses.
AMPLIFY
UNIFY
#regnatpopulus
#ARpx #democracy
"We come in the age's most uncertain hour." Paul Simon
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Gifting, a free slogan to the democratic party:
YOU RULE
@ericswalwell.bsky.social @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social @amyklobuchar.com
YOU RULE
@ericswalwell.bsky.social @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social @amyklobuchar.com
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Hey @ringwiss.bsky.social @kdbyproxy.bsky.social @americalabs.org @historygosh.bsky.social is there any* way Johnson can gavel in the House to vote on this bill & not immediately have to yield to a privileged motion to swear in Grijalva & then immediately have to deal with the discharge petition?
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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100% this. No, one should trust those 5 who flipped now. I wondered when Schumer floated that one year extension deal whether some Democrats in the Senate were going soft.
the caucus gets how this is *worse* right? if you're just going around Schumer, what's the point of leadership
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 AM
100% this. No, one should trust those 5 who flipped now. I wondered when Schumer floated that one year extension deal whether some Democrats in the Senate were going soft.
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the caucus gets how this is *worse* right? if you're just going around Schumer, what's the point of leadership
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
the caucus gets how this is *worse* right? if you're just going around Schumer, what's the point of leadership
Blocked again. I have a knack. Politics ain't beanbag, especially when things are in a massive, generational, transitional shift. It merits discussion, and those can be unpleasant. That's just part of trying to keep a democracy. But you stay in the fight. Especially now.
Eight of them did. Have some perspective about the ones who've been working thanklessly for weeks on this stuff.
And yeah, you come into my mentions, and I decide how to respond.
And yeah, you come into my mentions, and I decide how to respond.
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Blocked again. I have a knack. Politics ain't beanbag, especially when things are in a massive, generational, transitional shift. It merits discussion, and those can be unpleasant. That's just part of trying to keep a democracy. But you stay in the fight. Especially now.
It was a mistake because Democrats appear not to have the courage of their convictions. This is a chronic party problem and today fit into it, but the only way to solve it is to stand up for choices and commitments you make. Keeping Schumer or replacing him is less important than that.
In a world where the incumbent president bowed to pressure and stepped aside, it doesn’t seem like such a monumental ask to switch minority leaders.
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
It was a mistake because Democrats appear not to have the courage of their convictions. This is a chronic party problem and today fit into it, but the only way to solve it is to stand up for choices and commitments you make. Keeping Schumer or replacing him is less important than that.
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com made a compelling argument about what they did, as one who knows from inside. But it comes down to what is lost. This will cause harm. Would they have gotten the subsidies? No. But they might have gotten an extension. They weren't going to wait until after Thanksgiving.
Tim Kaine on backlash he's getting: "I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct 1, b/c I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed fed worker would say to me at church, or what somebody would say about SNAP"
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com made a compelling argument about what they did, as one who knows from inside. But it comes down to what is lost. This will cause harm. Would they have gotten the subsidies? No. But they might have gotten an extension. They weren't going to wait until after Thanksgiving.
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My local rural school district is set to lose over $700,000 a year under the new school funding formula, while the Governor is funding private religious schools with taxpayer vouchers.
What a scam…
What a scam…
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My local rural school district is set to lose over $700,000 a year under the new school funding formula, while the Governor is funding private religious schools with taxpayer vouchers.
What a scam…
What a scam…
The old guard of the Democratic Senate have not lived through the necessity of cutting some of their members off. That's where they are, and they're gonna have to step up and do it if they want to keep their base's support. @whitehouse.senate.gov
who is this guy talking to
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The old guard of the Democratic Senate have not lived through the necessity of cutting some of their members off. That's where they are, and they're gonna have to step up and do it if they want to keep their base's support. @whitehouse.senate.gov
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As Nancy Pelosi told me a few years back about Democrats: “We’re enablers. We’ve become enablers. We can’t be that anymore.”
Nancy Pelosi was the most productive progressive leader in my lifetime: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Democrats’ Legislative Mastermind Nancy Pelosi Announces Retirement
She had her flaws, but the 38-year House veteran was the most productive progressive leader of my lifetime.
www.thenation.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
As Nancy Pelosi told me a few years back about Democrats: “We’re enablers. We’ve become enablers. We can’t be that anymore.”
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After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
This is true, but it's important to remember that corporate backing and backing of very rich green roots groups like Heritage, have had an impact that Democrats don't have a counterpart for. It would be nice if corporations realized they thrive because of us, not in spite of us.
This. There’s a reason why the Tea Party wasn’t a new party. It’s much cheaper to take over an existing party. Mamdani doesn’t have to be an outlier, we can find more candidates capable of meeting the moment and free ourselves from these centrists and their enablers.
“Rather than taking over the Democratic Party the same way the right took over the Republican Party, we should take the easier route and just start up a new party ourselves!”
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This is true, but it's important to remember that corporate backing and backing of very rich green roots groups like Heritage, have had an impact that Democrats don't have a counterpart for. It would be nice if corporations realized they thrive because of us, not in spite of us.
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In my old town the GOP had run basically without serious challenge for decades. A bunch of us "millennials" joined the local Dem party and basically asked to help.
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
“Rather than taking over the Democratic Party the same way the right took over the Republican Party, we should take the easier route and just start up a new party ourselves!”
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
I’m about to fill my pockets with stones and walk into the sea.
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In my old town the GOP had run basically without serious challenge for decades. A bunch of us "millennials" joined the local Dem party and basically asked to help.
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
We were running it in a year. Within 4 years we had a majority of town seats flipped Dem. A FAR more progressive Dem than old party
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NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Look, Democrats are united, but one of the things they're united about is that certain leadership and a handful of elected Democrats need to go. They've overstayed their welcome, they've outlived their usefulness, and they need to find something else to do. @hassan.senate.gov
Nope. That was blown by Eight Senators Out. You can't recover it. It's irreversible. Johnson will not take it up. What Senate Democrats did last night was vote with Republicans to end Americans' healthcare. It was a foregone conclusion. You know that. This ain't your first rodeo. @kaine.senate.gov
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Look, Democrats are united, but one of the things they're united about is that certain leadership and a handful of elected Democrats need to go. They've overstayed their welcome, they've outlived their usefulness, and they need to find something else to do. @hassan.senate.gov
Durbin is old, but his cluelessness well precedes that.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Durbin is old, but his cluelessness well precedes that.
It costs Thune nothing because it won't pass.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It costs Thune nothing because it won't pass.
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“There’s more in this, right here, than has been produced in Franklin County,” Sen. Bryan King (R-Green Forest) said, holding up an eight-ounce bottle of water during a press conference at the state Capitol on Monday. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
State senator blasts governor for lack of progress or information on prison - Arkansas Times
Sen. Bryan King says the state has not found water, will not find water, and has started turning to "desperate measures" to locate water to build Gov. Sanders' dream prison.
arktimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
“There’s more in this, right here, than has been produced in Franklin County,” Sen. Bryan King (R-Green Forest) said, holding up an eight-ounce bottle of water during a press conference at the state Capitol on Monday. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
THIS
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
THIS
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Absolutely.
The far right took over the GOP through the long process of taking over local and county organizations and the left can do the same. It’s not an instant fix but it actually works.
The far right took over the GOP through the long process of taking over local and county organizations and the left can do the same. It’s not an instant fix but it actually works.
Join your county Democratic Party! There are shockingly few people willing to show up and those are the people who get to make decisions
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Absolutely.
The far right took over the GOP through the long process of taking over local and county organizations and the left can do the same. It’s not an instant fix but it actually works.
The far right took over the GOP through the long process of taking over local and county organizations and the left can do the same. It’s not an instant fix but it actually works.
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Join your county Democratic Party! There are shockingly few people willing to show up and those are the people who get to make decisions
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Join your county Democratic Party! There are shockingly few people willing to show up and those are the people who get to make decisions
Progressives who are serious about achieving reform will see the opportunity here and will follow their lead. They have principles AND political instincts and savvy. This opportunity is not permanent nor repeating. This can be your time, but it is NOW..
Why can’t people get this through their heads? AOC, Crockett, Mamdani, and others…they ARE taking leadership roles whether the old school Dems like it or not.
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Progressives who are serious about achieving reform will see the opportunity here and will follow their lead. They have principles AND political instincts and savvy. This opportunity is not permanent nor repeating. This can be your time, but it is NOW..
I LOVE Costco.
i find every story about costco's brand strategy and overall approach completely fascinating.
Why Costco Went All in on Kirkland — and How It Paid Off | WSJ Case Study
YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal
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November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I LOVE Costco.
New minority leader?
In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
November 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
New minority leader?
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That’s what it is, what I was getting at about my texts this morning.
Regular people don’t think I’m so crazy now.
Regular people don’t think I’m so crazy now.
It is very weird seeing my friends and family slowly start to realize we're not overreacting.
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
That’s what it is, what I was getting at about my texts this morning.
Regular people don’t think I’m so crazy now.
Regular people don’t think I’m so crazy now.